Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Symphony No. 3, Op. 32 (1886)

[@mead1955]

Wow, a scherzo in 5/4 time!! Brilliant document from the master of orchestration.

[@nichotime]

Oh Yea! Smart to notice it.

[@denysperrin3664]

So Dave Brubeck didn't invent anything ! ;o) Cela dit, œuvre très prenante, où on découvre quelque chose de très personnel : on a l'impression que les autres œuvres symphoniques ont été commandées à un compositeur brillant. Mais c'est souvent dans des œuvres comme celle-ci, plus cachées et plus intimes, qu'on retrouve la personnalité d'un compositeur. Dieu merci, internet permet de découvrir soit des compositeurs totalement oubliés, ou alors comme ici des pièces oubliées de grands compositeurs.

[@metacarple]

The ‘waltz’ in Tchaikovsky’s 6th symphony is in 5/4

[@AndreyRubtsovRU]

Very nice Scherzo indeed!

[@marcosPRATA918]

Master of subtleties in instrumental colors.

[@Sploinky_doinky]

How come he wrote this masterpiece yet he is known for a chromatic scale

[@fulviopolce9785]

Stimo molto Rimski Korsakov per non essere stato troppo conservatore e filo russo ma aperto alle forme occidentali.Questa sinfonia ne è un esempio. Grazie e un saluto a Bartje per il bel caricamento con lo spartito.

[@MINTLAW]

(00:00) 1. Moderato assai-Allegro (14:30) 2. Scherzo. Vivo (21:30) 3. Andante (29:57) 4. Allegro con spirito.

[@cminor3016]

Thank you!

[@AML2000]

Some interesting quotes from other Russian composers about this symphony: Tchaikovsky-- "Filled with a host of clever things but imbued with a dryly pedantic character" -- Borodin -- "This is the work of a German Herr Professor who has put on his glasses and is about to write Eine grosse Symphonie in C" . I'm surprised that my opinion of this symphony as an academic exercise matches up with those two! R-M had just finished an extended time of studying western composition techniques and I think this piece reflects that.

[@la_bob8752]

Thank you for posting this. It is a wonderful symphony, not played often enough, sad to say. And I especially appreciate being able to follow the score as it goes.

[@cminor3016]

Thank you♥️💥this makes all of the tribulations of life entirely worth living

[@ImBosmann]

Good piece

[@nichotime]

What a great lesson especially reading in 5/4! thanks

[@YoniFogelmanMusic]

If only minutes 1-11 could sound like 11-14 in the first movement! Korsakov finally pokes through!

[@timofeymarkin4142]

Браво! Спасибо!

[@brunocostapiano]

Great symphony

[@АлександрЯрков-ш2з]

Bravo

[@PergmanEXE]

Dat ending doe

[@stephenluttmann3432]

Glad to have the score of this, but I can't say much for the piece. The outer movements really do sound like something knocked off by a German with great contrapuntal facility and little melodic invention or orchestrational imagination -- lots of empty note spinning on obsessively repeated motives such as one might get from Glazunov on an off day, but with less of a Russian accent. It's Rimsky doing his best not to sound like Rimsky, and unfortunately succeeding a bit too well. Much the same can be said for the slow movement, except that there's understandably less counterpoint. As for the second, the woodwinds in the A sections are copped directly from Tchaikovsky, who could also do a mean 5/4 but didn't all that often -- so maybe let's call it Arensky. ;-) Rimsky wrote some wonderful music, so it's instructive to hear him when he wasn't at his best.

[@timofeymarkin4142]

Have you ever heard first symphony of Rimskiy-Korsakov (that’s actually his surname, sorry :) ? Maybe if you try to listen that (and maybe “Antar”), many questions like what actually Rimskiy-Korsakov try to show to us can become clearer)

[@timofeymarkin4142]

Great composers aren’t innocent in you can’t enjoy them at their best) Please don’t tell foolish things about Nikolai Andreevich to sound smart

[@johngough2958]

Mr Rimsky may not have been firing on all cylinders, but Mr Korsakov's part was good! 😊